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BEIJING: Chinese police at all levels will strike hard to prevent infringement of intellectual property rights (IPR) during the Shanghai World Expo, the Public Security Ministry said Tuesday. The campaign will focus on counterfeiting of registered trademarks and patents, as well ...
BEIJING: Houses for accommodating more than 1.37 million quake survivor families in southwestern China have been built with donations from the Communist Party of China (CPC) members, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee said Tuesday. The quake zone house ...
SINGAPORE: The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and Singapore's Pacific International Lines ( PIL) opened a joint venture - CSIC Pacific - on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of the company, Lim Hwee Hua, Singapore's Minister in Prime Minister Office and Second ...
HANGZHOU: China has confiscated 44.32 million fake invoices during a three month nation-wide clamp down on invoice related crime, announced the Ministry of Pubic Security on Tuesday. Liu Jinguo, vice minister of public security, said China had solved 1,027 cases of invoice ...
BEIJING -- The State Council, China's Cabinet, released here Tuesday new regulations on overseas investment, promising good business conditions but restricting funds to environmentally unsound projects. According to the new regulations, China still welcomes foreign investment in ...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday lifted its forecast for China's 2010 gross domestic product (GDP) growth while lowering its forecast for 2011 on account of expected monetary tightening measures. ADB estimates China's GDP will grow by 9.6 percent in 2010, higher than the ...
BEIJING: China has imposed countervailing duties on grain-oriented electrical steel produced in the United States, as well as anti-dumping duties against Russian and US steel, its customs administration said. US producers will be assessed for anti-dumping duties of up to 64.8 ...
China's centrally-administered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have shrunk by one to 126, China's State property regulator, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said in a statement Monday. With approval from the State Council, Shanghai Institute ...
HONG KONG: Ju Wei, the owner of an advertising company in the northwestern Gansu province, makes an 1,800 kilometer trek to Hong Kong at least six times a year to go shopping. "Hong Kong is an international city, and that shopping atmosphere and environment is fantastic," said Ju...
BEIJING - Domestic iron ore prices rose 17 percent in March over the previous month to $177 per ton on Monday, according to data from industry watcher Mysteel.com. That price is for 66 percent iron content ore and includes tax and transport. At $177 per ton, the price is still ...
Tianjin: A key player in the Bohai Bay economic zone, a manufacturing and shipping center in North China, with per capita GDP exceeding 62,000 yuan ($9,082) in 2009. Qingdao: A shipping center and seaside resort city, with per capita GDP exceeding 65,000 yuan in 2008. Hangzhou: A ...
BEIJING - Government authorities have been encouraged to set up stricter regulations to monitor the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock feed to ensure food safety. The addition of antibiotics to livestock feed for non-therapeutic purposes is widely practiced by some ...
SHENZHEN - Despite stern warnings against irregular practices, some applicants for the government's latest batch of economical houses have had their credentials scrutinized during a public inquiry. According to the city's housing and construction bureau, some 7,857 households, or ...
WASHINGTON President Hu Jintao told his US counterpart Barack Obama that China is determined to push forward reform on the exchange rate policy but the move is based on China s needs, not pressure from other countries. A press release from the Foreign Ministry issued after the ...
China's economy will grow at a faster speed and the inflation rate will remain at three percent in 2010, the Shanghai Securities reported Monday, citing Ha Jiming, chief economist with China International Capital Corp (CICC). CICC raised its forecast of China's economic growth to ...
Although China registered the first monthly trade deficit last month in six years, that would be temporary as the demand for imports is likely to ease with the expected moderation in domestic fixed asset investment, said an economist of JP Morgan Chase. "With an anticipated ...
BOAO, Hainan - China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Chairman Liu Mingkang Sunday urged countries to boost cross-border financial regulation to prevent future crisis. Special Coverage:Boao Forum for Asia He said that it is important for the financial system to return to ...
BOAO, Hainan - China will soon release new regulations on attracting overseas investment, a deputy minister of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planning agency, said here Saturday.Some details of the policy might be announced next ...
China should allow an immediate one-off appreciation in the yuan's value and widen the currency's trading band to stem inflows of speculative capital that might fuel inflation, said UBS AG economist Wang Tao. "China's economic fundamentals mean that the yuan should strengthen," ...
CHICAGO - A stronger yuan would not be a tonic for the US economy or manufacturing and it would be a huge mistake to raise tariffs on imports from China to force a change in the yuan, says a US trade expert on Tuesday. Daniel Griswold is director of the Center for Trade Policy ...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...